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Good if somewhat Queasy Start

Day 1 and Day 2

... and they're off!

A flying start from Jock in full view of his Tighnabruaich neighbour on RFA Wave Knight - who wasn’t looking! The route takes the boats...

Coiled Springs!

So Jock has his springs coiled and the unofficial NOSTAR is set to get underway tomorrow, Sunday 9th May 2021 at 12:00. The start line is...

Approaching the Start

Day 3 - Yesterday was far pleasanter, we had sun and smaller seas. I was goosewinged from 0800 and under almost all plain sail except...

Good Progress!

Day 2. Thursday morning is much nicer. Yesterday was good for progress but bad for expletives. Monday night I was up every hour to have a...

High Tech VR Tracking

Jock and Katherine’s Dad, Peter, used this chart to track his Atlantic crossings nearly 70 years ago. Using the latest technology and...

First Day at Sea

Well, that’s me set off, well, hopefully as far as Plymouth in any case. I left at 1000 to a departure committee on the pier which was...

Background to the NOSTAR

Charlotte’s Nostar I had been preparing to enter the OSTAR or Original Single Handed Transatlantic Race last year. This was to have been...

Preparing for the NOSTAR

Jock Hamilton and sailing the Atlantic. I had been intending to sail across the Atlantic in my boat last year, 2020, because I thought it...